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[[Image:Imperial Hotel Wright House.jpg|thumb|The original Imperial Hotel]]
The '''Imperial Hotel, Tokyo''' is a [[hotel]] in [[Tokyo]]. It was built in the late 1880s at the request of the Japanese [[aristocracy]] to increase [[Western civilization|Western]] visitors to [[Japan]]. It was designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/> The hotel site is located just south of the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] grounds, next to the previous location of the Palace moat.<ref name="Imperial Hotel">{{cite book|title=IMPERIAL HOTEL--A Legend in Pictures|publisher=Imperial Hotel, Ltd|year=2003}}</ref>
The modern hotel overlooks the Palace, the {{convert|40|acre|sing=on}} western-style [[Hibiya Park]], and the [[Ginza]] neighborhood.<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/> Three buildings have stood on the hotel site, each of which embodied the finest western design of its era.<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/> The hotel eventually slipped into decay as time took its toll. In a controversial decision, it was decided to demolish the old hotel and replace it with a high-rise structure, to maximize the use of land.<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
{{Commonscat}}
*[http://www.imperialhotel.co.jp/index_e.html Imperial Hotel, Ltd.] (株式会社帝国ホテル; ''Kabushiki Gaisha Teikoku Hoteru'').
*[http://www.meijimura.com/english/shisetsu/s067.html Main Entrance Hall and Lobby of Imperial Hotel in the Museum Meiji-Mura]
*[http://www.oldtokyo.com/imperial-hotel-1923.html Old Tokyo - Imperial Hotel (Wright)]
*[http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201006170491.html Legacy of oya stone used in the Imperial Hotel]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Imperial Hotel, Tokyo}}
[[Category:Frank Lloyd Wright buildings]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tokyo]]
{{Asia-stub}}
The '''Imperial Hotel, Tokyo''' is a [[hotel]] in [[Tokyo]]. It was built in the late 1880s at the request of the Japanese [[aristocracy]] to increase [[Western civilization|Western]] visitors to [[Japan]]. It was designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/> The hotel site is located just south of the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] grounds, next to the previous location of the Palace moat.<ref name="Imperial Hotel">{{cite book|title=IMPERIAL HOTEL--A Legend in Pictures|publisher=Imperial Hotel, Ltd|year=2003}}</ref>
The modern hotel overlooks the Palace, the {{convert|40|acre|sing=on}} western-style [[Hibiya Park]], and the [[Ginza]] neighborhood.<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/> Three buildings have stood on the hotel site, each of which embodied the finest western design of its era.<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/> The hotel eventually slipped into decay as time took its toll. In a controversial decision, it was decided to demolish the old hotel and replace it with a high-rise structure, to maximize the use of land.<ref name="Imperial Hotel"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
{{Commonscat}}
*[http://www.imperialhotel.co.jp/index_e.html Imperial Hotel, Ltd.] (株式会社帝国ホテル; ''Kabushiki Gaisha Teikoku Hoteru'').
*[http://www.meijimura.com/english/shisetsu/s067.html Main Entrance Hall and Lobby of Imperial Hotel in the Museum Meiji-Mura]
*[http://www.oldtokyo.com/imperial-hotel-1923.html Old Tokyo - Imperial Hotel (Wright)]
*[http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201006170491.html Legacy of oya stone used in the Imperial Hotel]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Imperial Hotel, Tokyo}}
[[Category:Frank Lloyd Wright buildings]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tokyo]]
{{Asia-stub}}